Therapeutic Approach
KETAMINE ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY (KAP)
A Synergistic Approach to Treating PTSD & Other Mental Health Disorders
About Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)
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Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is a holistic, psychedelic-assisted therapy treatment that combines the use of ketamine with psychotherapy to treat a variety of mental health conditions such as PTSD, major depressive disorder, and chronic pain.
KAP is a breakthrough treatment that helps individuals work through mental & emotional issues that are often too painful to work through in a traditional psychotherapy session.
KAP has the ability to produce quicker & more efficient clinical outcomes for those with treatment-resistance depression or other mental and emotional challenges.
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Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) combines the use of medically supported ketamine with psychotherapy to address the root cause of mental health conditions, leading to deep healing and improve overall quality of life.
In KAP, ketamine is administered in a controlled, therapeutic setting to help individuals access altered states of consciousness. This allows for deep emotional processing and insight into core issues, that otherwise may not be possible, or may take a very long time to get to, in a traditional psychotherapy session due to our natural defences and our systems protectors.
KAP speeds up the overall healing process and allows you to achieve results at a much quicker rate.
KAP is a highly effective treatment, especially for those who have tried other treatments and not gotten the results they wanted or needed.
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KAP is most often used in the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD), PTSD, and chronic pain.
Research shows that KAP is also effective in treating: anxiety, OCD, substance use disorders + addiction, eating disorders, chronic pain, and OCD.
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Ketamine on it own, has natural and powerful anti-anxiety and anti-depressant properties.
When combined with psychotherapy, this treatment offers rapid relief from emotional and physical pain, accelerated processing of unresolved trauma, and profound insights that enhance personal awareness and growth, creating long-standing change.
How It Works
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Step One: Connect
Our intake process is designed to determine program suitability and ensure that ketamine-assisted psychotherapy will be a safe & effective treatment for you.
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Step Two: Prepare
The preparation phase plays an integral role in the Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) process and preparing you for your ketamine experience, to ensure meaningful and successful treatment outcomes.
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Step Three: Experience
Explore altered states of consciousness through the use of sublingual self-administered ketamine, in a controlled, safe, and comfortable environment.
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Step Four: Integrate
Psychedelic integration helps you process material that showed up during your ketamine experience, and apply new insights into your every day life. It is a critical component of our Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy programming, leading to better clinical outcomes and improved overall well-being.
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Step Five: Reconnect
Reconnect with your treatment team and reassess whether your protocol feels complete, or whether you wish to extend your Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy journey.
Meet Our KAP Team
Your Psychedelic Preparation & Integration Coach
Registered Nurse, Transformational Coach, Trained Psychedelic Guide & Sitter
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Registered Nurse (RN)
Psychedelic Preparation & Integration Coach
Credentialed Psychedelic Sitter & Guide
Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher
Certified Transformational CoachPsychedelic Training
Cannabis Sitter & Guide Cred. (2023)
Cannabis Assisted Breathwork (2023)
https://medicinalmindfulness.org/training/TheraPsil Psilocybin Training
https://therapsil.ca/
Guided by personal & professional knowledge, Denise helps others prepare for and integrate psychedelic experiences with a variety of different medicines.
Her Psychedelic Preparation & Integration Coaching combines the foundational practices from her work as a Certified Transformational Coach and Jungian Psychology, with training in psychedelic practice.
Your Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapist
RP, EMDR Certified Therapist, IFS Therapist, Ketamine, Psilocybin & MDMA Assisted Psychotherapy
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Registered Psychotherapist (RP)
Psychedelic Preparation + Integration Coach
Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy - Trained Facilitator & Guide
EMDR Certified Psychotherapist
IFS TherapistTraining & Experience:
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy & Integration Training (2022)
Inbodied Life Training (2022)
Topanga, California
Trainers: Lauren Taus, Sunny Strasberg & Melissa WhippoTheraPsil Psilocybin Assisted Therapy Training (2023)
Kingston, Ontario
Trainer: Rich TyoTheraPsil MDMA Assisted Psychotherapy Training (2024)
Vancouver, Canada
Trainer: Dr. Ingrid Pacey
https://therapsil.ca/mdma-therapy-training/Three Cups Advanced Psychedelic Training (2024)
Scotts Valley, California
Trainers: Lauren Taus, Sunny Strasberg, Melissa Whippo
Guest Presenters: Dr. Rick Doblin, Dr. Dick Shwartz, Dr. Adele LaFrance
https://www.threecupspsychedelics.com/
Guided by personal experience and professional knowledge, Brittnee helps other prepare for & integrate experiences with Ketamine, Psilocybin, MDMA & Ayahuasca.
Learn More about Psychedelic Preparation & Integration
Step One: Connect
Step Two: Prepare
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Psychotherapy
You will meet with your dedicated ketamine-assisted psychotherapist to discuss what to expect during a ketamine experience, so that you can provide informed consent to treatment with clarity and confidence.
Preparation sessions with your Registered Psychotherapist may also include trauma mapping, and processing sessions, as needed.
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Psychedelic Preparation Coaching
Preparation sessions with your psychedelic preparation coach will help you develop meaningful intentions for treatment, work through any ‘blocks’ that may prevent treatment success, and develop important resources to prepare your nervous system for your ketamine experience
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Holistic Wellness
We take a personalized approach to care & offer multidisciplinary services under one roof.
During the preparation phase, you may be invited to connect with another provider off our team and engage in additional holistic wellness services to support and enhance overall treatment effectiveness based on individual needs and desired outcomes.
Step Three: KAP Session
Step Four: Integrate
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Psychotherapy
Integration with your ketamine-assisted psychotherapist will help you process and unpack any new or unresolved material that showed up in your ketamine experience.
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Psychedelic Integration Coaching
Psychedelic integration coaching will teach you to lean into your innate inner wisdom and explore new thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and understandings that have shown up as a result of your ketamine experience.
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Holistic Wellness
As a part of your integration process, you may be invited to work with other wellness experts on our team to deepen your healing and promote longevity of results by addressing other areas related to mental, emotional, physical & spiritual well-being.
Step Five: Reconnect
Our Individualized Treatment Protocols
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Free 15-minute Telephone Consultation
Therapeutic Assessment Appointment (90-Minutes)
Medical Consultation
Self-Report Questionnaires & Medical Intake Forms
5 Psychedelic Preparation Sessions (60-Minutes each)
3 Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Sessions (2-hours each)
3 Psychedelic Integration Sessions (60-minutes each)
Reconnect & Reassess Appointment (60-minutes)Total Hours: 17.5
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Free 15-minute Telephone Consultation
Therapeutic Assessment Appointment (90-Minutes)
Medical Consultation
Self-Report Questionnaires & Medical Intake Forms
5 Psychedelic Preparation Sessions (60-Minutes each)
6 Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy Sessions (2-hours each)4 Psychedelic Integration Sessions (60-minutes each)
Note: additional integration sessions can be added on, if needed
Reconnect & Reassess Appointment (60-minutes)Total Hours: 24.5
Total Cost: $6, 575 -
Free 15-minute Telephone Consultation
Therapeutic Assessment Appointment
Medical Consultation
Self-Report Questionnaires & Medical Intake Forms
5 Psychedelic Preparation Sessions (60-Minutes each)
9 Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Experiences (2-hours each)
6 Psychedelic Integration Sessions (60-minutes each)Note: additional integration sessions can be added on, as needed.
Reconnect & Reassess Appointment (60-minutes)
Total Hours: 32.5
Total Cost: $8, 975 -
Free 15-minute Telephone Consultation
Therapeutic Assessment Appointment
Medical Consultation
Self-Report Questionnaires & Medical Intake Forms
5 Psychedelic Preparation Sessions (60-Minutes each)
1 Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Experience (2-hours)
1 Psychedelic Integration Coaching Session (60-minutes)
Reconnect & Reassess Appointment (60-minutes)Total Cost: $2, 525
If you wish to continue with Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy after you complete our Custom Protocol, you would then complete our Subsequent KAP Protocol.
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This protocol is intended for those seeking subsequent Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) sessions, once you have completed our Custom Protocol, or any of our protocols above.
Subsequent Protocol Includes:
1 Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy experience (2-hours)1 Psychedelic Integration Coaching session (1-hour)
Reconnect & reassess appointment (30-minutes)
Total Cost: $975
Note: It is recommended that you complete 6-9 subsequent protocols for maximum benefits and optimization of results.
Psychedelic Vs. Psycholytic
Read below to find out whether psychedelic or psycholytic dosing sessions may be more appropriate for you!
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Psychedelic or high dose sessions, are more ‘inward’ and allow for deep introspection. You may experience ego dissolution, mystical experiences, and profound insights.
A therapists main role in high dose sessions is to provide a safe container for your healing & assist you in navigating difficult moments in your journey, if needed.
These sessions are better suited for individuals with major depressive disorder, as well those who have been labelled as “treatment resistant”.
Ketamine on its own has the ability to boost neuroplasticity and act as a quick & effective anti-depressant known to stimulate the regrowth of synapses, effectively rewiring the brain.
Essentially, ketamine is helpful with this population in particular because it awakens clients into novel cognitive processes that traditional psychotherapy (without ketamine) may not be able to get to.
With higher dose ketamine sessions, you are typically getting more ketamine (including the anti-depressant properties associated with it) than you are in a lower dose ketamine session.
Psychedelic dosing may be better for you if you are experiencing:
Suicidality
OCD
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
Treatment Resistant Depression
Chronic Pain
End of Life Distress
Note: Psychedelic dosing may not be suitable to those who do not have an adequate grasp of their internal landscape.
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During a psycholytic, or low-dose, session, you may feel like. you are in a meditative state & may notice yourself feeling more calm and relaxed than normal.
Low-dose ketamine is often referred to as a “heart opener” as it helps our natural defenders/ protector parts soften and take a step back, so that you have more access to ‘self’ during your session.
In low-dose sessions, you may feel safe enough to explore painful material & traumatic memories, that otherwise would be inaccessible to you. This allows for deep healing work to be completed more effectively, efficiently & improves overall treatment outcomes.
Psycholytic sessions are sometimes the preferred dose for individuals with PTSD and C-PTSD, as working through trauma is an integral part of healing.
FAQs
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This synergistic pairing may assist with:
1) Reseting the brains learning pathways
This is invaluable to psychotherapy, which often aims to restructure old and maladaptive patterns of thinking and behaving.2) Deepening Therapeutic Insights
Ketamine may help you develop deeper insights, clarity, or emotional resonance with themes emerging, allowing you to engage with the therapeutic process in a more meaningful way3) Accelerating Recovery
Ketamine can be like WD-40 for change and help “stuck” emotions move & be released a more rapid rate.
Within 48-hours of a ketamine therapy session, there is a “window” of neuroplasticity, which psychotherapists can use to encourage continued exploration or growth, through integration.
4) Window of Tolerance
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Your ketamine-assisted psychotherapy sessions are 2-hours in duration.
The medicine itself is typically short-lasting & your experience may last anywhere between 45 minutes to 1.5 hours.
Afterwards, you may still notice lingering effects of the ketamine and therefore, for safety reasons, you are not permitted to drive to or from KAP sessions & will need to find alternative transportation.
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As a part of your customized treatment plan without our carefully designed protocols, you are able to choose between psycholytic dosing sessions, psychedelic dosing sessions, and a combination of both with approval from your treatment team (suitability is an important consideration).
How Are We Different?
The “Intravenous Model” of Ketamine Therapy compared to our Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy Program
Ketamine Therapy is a type of treatment that involves the use of administered Ketamine, typically through the use of ketamine infusions (IV ketamine), to treat a variety of conditions including mental health disorders & chronic pain. Ketamine therapy is usually offered by a medical professional (e.g. nurse or pain management clinic) and does not include psychotherapy as a part of treatment. It is not unusual for you to be left alone during your ketamine experience(s) and psychedelic preparation + integration by a trained professional is rarely provided. This model can leave you feeling alone, unsupported, and confused when trying to make sense of the deep emotional experiences that may be take place with this medicine.
Our Ketamine-assisted Psychotherapy program combines the powerful forces of ketamine therapy, with the added benefit of psychotherapy, and takes a holistic approach that focuses on healing all aspects of you, including your mind, body & soul .
Our program is different in that centres on therapeutic relationship & connection, which exponentially amplifies healing & longevity of results. Your ketamine-assisted psychotherapist will remain with you throughout your experience and you will have access to a team of supports who will help you prepare and integrate your experiences, leading to deep and profound healing.
If you have completed Ketamine Therapy at a different clinic and are need of assistance unpacking your experience, please reach out to us today!
